Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza by Lingjun Sun

Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza by Lingjun Sun is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award in Dhizaini yeZvishongo Competition Category.

SimbiZvishongo· 2021

Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza

by Lingjun Sun

Client: Lingjun Sun Jewellery

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award Winner in Zvishongo Category

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The Design

About Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza

Fissure ndiwo muunganidzwa wemidziyo yekushongedza wakafuridzirwa nemikaha inowanikwa mumakomo eqhwa anonyungudika nevhu rakaoma. Chinhu chimwe nechimwe chinovezwa nemaoko mune waxi kuti chive chimiro chinoita zvakati chetatu-dimensional lattice, ane mitsetse inofanana neiyo inowanikwa muzvakasikwa. Muvakidzano unoumbwa wakakomberedza matombo anokosha, uchigadzira zvakaenzaniswa kubva pazvinhu zvinoita sezvakangoitika pasina hurongwa. Lost-wax casting, kuiswa kwematombo, kupedzeredzwa kwesimbi uye black rhodium plating ndiwo unopedzisa chinhu chimwe nechimwe. Zvinhu zvinoshandiswa ndiro rendarama re18K, maparera eSouth Sea baroque uye madhaimondi machena. Musiyano wemavara unoratidza zviri pachena zvimiro zvisina kuenzana zvinosarukana.

The Recognition

About the Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award

Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award wakahwinwa ne Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza, rukudzo runokudzwa runopiwa kumadhizaini akanaka anozadzisa zvinodiwa zvehunyanzvi neyeindasitiri zvinotarisirwa kuzvigadzirwa zvakagadzirwa zvakanaka. Vakunda veSimbi vanoratidza unyanzvi hukuru, hunyanzvi hwakakwirira, kunzwisisa kwevakachenjera uye kugona kwekugadzira kwevagadziri vavo. Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza inotarisirwa kuva chigadzirwa chinokudzwa zvakanyanya, chinoremekedzwa uye chinodiwa, chinoshanda uye chine zvitsva. Dhizaini iyi yakahwina Mubairo weSimbi we A' Design Award inosanganisa maitiro akanakisa eindasitiri uye ine hunhu hwetekinoroji hwakakwana hwakabatana neruzivo nehunyanzvi. Nekushanda kwayo zvakanaka, Fissure Muunganidzwa weMidziyo Yekushongedza inoremekedzwa uye yakagadzirirwa kupa kuvandudzwa kwehupenyu kunobatsira kuita kuti nyika ive nzvimbo iri nani.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Each piece of this collection is hand-carved into a three dimensional lattice with lines mimicking those found in nature - a technique developed in my MA program in London. A thoughtful design logic hides between the organic lines of each piece, forming accordingly around the gems, contributing to balanced compositions of seemingly random components.
Dimensions & Packaging: Ring No.1: 41mm x 27mm x 19mm; Earrings No.1: 32mm x 32mm x 7mm; Earrings No.2: 55mm x 14mm x 11mm
Tags: wearable sculpture, art jewellery, one of a kind, volume, asymmetry
Production Technology: Each piece was hand-carved from wax to create the structure, according to the design needs or specific gem shapes. Lost-wax casting was used later. Stone setting, metal finishing and black rhodium plating were also applied. 18K yellow gold, south sea baroque pearls, white diamonds.
Design Challenge: Seemingly randomness, asymmetrical structure, fine surface texture, together with unique form of each piece in the collection made 2D rendering or computer tools nearly impossible. Every piece required significant time and carving craftsmanship to model and test in physical prototypes. Further detailed adjustment was processed with additional remarkable time and effort.
Research: Extracting a two dimensional pattern that widely found in nature to a three dimensional form requires large scale of visual analysis and model construction. Carefully designed structure, texture and colour, together serve the design logic hidden behind these seemingly random lines.
Inspiration: 'Fissure' is a collection inspired by the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth, echoing the growing environmental crisis we are living in.
Project Duration: The project started in August 2020 in Sydney, and was exhibited in NYC Jewellery Week 2020
Operation Flow: The designs were inspired the crevices in melting ice caps and dried earth. Wearers are experiencing the organic, three dimensional and asymmetrical forms of the collection. Its crisscrossing structure is further highlighted by colour contrast. Smooth and lustrous gems sitting in a carefully textured surface of the metal implies the incongruity human civilization and the nature.
Image Credits: Image#1, 2, 3, 4: Photographer Charmaine Morgan, 2020, Image#5: Photographer Lingjun Sun, 2021